Writing and Designing

WRITING THE STORY

Wrote story in full, but decided it was too bulky and wanted to make a layout like that of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Chose to only write dialogue

FINAL STORY

Page 4 would be changed in Venna and the Horse for the following - "That's okay," said the horse. "I'm big and I'm powerful. I can overcome all obstacles. Stay close to me, and I will protect you."

EXPLORATION

- Ruth Wilshaw

- Modern gouache artist

- Work is very reminiscent of fairytale and storybook settings

- Wanted to emulate this

- Decided to use gouache for most of painting, then lino for the cat and the horse

- Gouache would give a flat, story-book feel to the illustrations

- Character Venna would also be painted in gouache in order to blend into rest of the scene

- Cat and horse in lino print to make them stand out and feel out-of-place in the illustration

- Some tester cat prints 

- Lino softcut and acrylic paint

- Horse will be printed in white ink

- All paintings and prints will be done separately and scanned in

THUMBNAILING

- Laying out the format of how everything would be printed

- All sizes and measurements purely dependent on the size an A3 page can produce a Turkish map fold

DESIGNING VENNA

- Main character

- Wanted a very simple design with a clear silhouette, as there would not be much detail on the character

- Childlike appearance due to character's young age

- Referencing character Chihiro by Hayao Miyazaki

Venna in gouache

Venna with more detail using dying brush pen - ref. to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse